Nasal appliance



C. BOVE NASAL APPLIANCE Filed Aug. 30, 1947 flay/mm IN VEN TOR.

Patented July 18, 19 50 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE NASAL APPLIANCECharles Bove, New York, N. Y. Application August 30,1947, Serial No.171,445

The present invention relates to a nasal device to prevent snoring,relieve stuffiness and congestion of the nose due to head colds, hayfever and grippe conditions, the presence of growths or deformities, andto prevent the nasal passages from becoming water-filled while swimmingor diving.

I have discovered that the above is accomplished b maintaining the tipof the nose lifted upwardly and extended forwardly.

The principal object therefore of the present invention, is to provide adevice of novel and improved construction which will so position the tipof the nose of the wearer thereof.

A further object is to provide a nasal device of the character mentionedwhich is cheap to manufacture, easy to use, which occasions nodiscomfort and which is efficient in carrying out the purposes for whichit is designed.

Other objects and advantages will become apparent as this disclosureproceeds.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, similarcharacters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Fig. l is an enlarged perspective view of a device embodying theteachings of this invention.

Fig. 2 shows the shape of a particular human nose. This is a side view.

Fig. 3 shows'said device applied to the nose. The tip of the nose ofFig. 2 has been shifted by the said device when worn, to a positionupwardly forwardly, and is so maintained.

Fig. 4 is a diagrammatic view looking into the nostrils of the nose onwhich said device is mounted.

In the drawings, the device shown in Fig. 1, may be made of plastic,metal or other suitable material. The numeral l5 designates a U-shapedmember, the arms l6 and ll of which it is preferred to have bent, eachin the form of a vertically flat S; said arms being in parallelrelation. Intermediate the ends of each of said arms, upwardly therefromand extending towards and beyond the base of said U-shaped component, isa resilient bowed member termihating at its free end in a rounded knobor head. Said bowed members are respectively designated by the numeralsIt and I9, with their knobs shown as l8 and I9 respectively. The lengthof these bowed members is such that they are stressed in further bowedcondition when worn or mounted as shown in Fig. 3, or Fig. 4, as willnow be described.

The bridge of U-shaped member it, is rested 2 Claims. (Cl. 128342) onthe thumb of the hand, while the index and third fingers restrespectivel on the knobs i8 and E9. The thumb is brought towards thesefingers, whereby the bowed components 18 and it are further bowed andstressed. Now, the free ends of the armsof the U-shaped member are setinto the respective nostrils 20 and 2! to rest against nasal cavityledge 22. The bowed components I8 and H) are thus already in therespective nostrils, and th septum 23 is straddled by the U-shapedmember I5. Upon release of linger hold of the knobs i8 and it, the bowedcomponents i8 and I9 will spring forwardly and settle against the insidesurface of the nostrils at the tip of the nose. The tip of the nose hasthus been raised and extended forwardly, and so maintained. The arms ofthe U-shaped member, will further be supported by the rear walls of thenostrils, respectively, to anchor the device firmly in the nose.

This invention is capable of numerous forms and various applicationswithout departing from the essential features herein disclosed. It istherefore intended and desired that the embodiment shown herein bedeemed illustrative and not restricted; reference being had to thefollowing claims rather than to the specific description herein toindicate the scope of this invention.

I claim:

1. A nasal appliance of the character described, comprising a pair ofspaced arms joined at one of their respective ends forming asubstantially U-shaped component and a pair of resilient elongatedelements extending from said U-shaped component in planes normal to theplane of said component and in substantially like direction; each ofsaid elements having a free end; said U- shaped element being adapted tobe positioned to straddle the septum of the nose of a living being, withthe arms of said component, one in each nostril resting against therearward wall of the nostril, whereupon when the said component is sopositioned, the elongated resilient elements are positioned one in eachnostril and extending to the front of the nose; the free ends of saidelements are then adapted to be manually set to be positioned to bearand press against the inner rim regions of the respective nostrils andeach of said elements thereby becomes a substantially upright stressedarch, one within each of the nostrils respectively, whereby the tip ofthe nose is raised and extended forwardly of the face of the livingbeing.

2. A nasal appliance as defined in claim 1, wherein the resilientelements extend respectively 3 from the respective arms of the U-shapedcom- REFERENCES CITED ponent from points intermediate the ends of Thefollowing references are of record m the the respective arms, andwherein each of said of this patent:

arms are formed substantially S-shaped and flattened lengthwiserespectively, whereby the 5 UNITED STATES PATENTS respective free endsof said arms are adapted to Number Name Date rest on the nasal cavityledge. 512,723 Larcom Jan. 16, 1894 1,322,375 Un Nov. 18, 1919 CHARLESBOVE 2,23 ,681 StOtZ May 12, 1942

